Error while installing mysqlclient in django project on cPanel

Question

I've been trying to solve this problem for a couple of days. I am trying to put my Django project in a venv on cPanel and install mysqlclient. So after setting up my Python (version = 3.7.8) on Cpanel, I installed Django version 3.1.7 and mysqlclient from the terminal using pip install django and pip install mysqlclient. However when I try to install mysqlclient, this error pops out.

  Using cached mysqlclient-2.0.3.tar.gz (88 kB)
Building wheels for collected packages: mysqlclient
  Building wheel for mysqlclient (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: /home/canggihmallmy/virtualenv/django_test/3.7/bin/python3.7_bin -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))'bdist_wheel -d /tmp/pip-wheel-scx4wswm
       cwd: /tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/
  Complete output (43 lines):
  mysql_config --version
  ['10.0.38']
  mysql_config --libs
  ['-L/usr/lib64', '-lmysqlclient', '-lpthread', '-lz', '-lm', '-ldl', '-lssl', '-lcrypto']
  mysql_config --cflags
  ['-I/usr/include/mysql', '-I/usr/include/mysql/..']
  ext_options:
    library_dirs: ['/usr/lib64']
    libraries: ['mysqlclient', 'pthread', 'm', 'dl']
    extra_compile_args: ['-std=c99']
    extra_link_args: []
    include_dirs: ['/usr/include/mysql', '/usr/include/mysql/..']
    extra_objects: []
    define_macros: [('version_info', "(2,0,3,'final',0)"), ('__version__', '2.0.3')]
  /opt/alt/python37/lib64/python3.7/distutils/dist.py:274: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'long_description_content_type'
    warnings.warn(msg)
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
  running build_ext
  building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
  creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7
  creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
  gcc -pthread -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DDYNAMIC_ANNOTATIONS_ENABLED=1 -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -Dversion_info=(2,0,3,'final',0) -D__version__=2.0.3 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/mysql/.. -I/opt/alt/python37/include/python3.7m -c MySQLdb/_mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/_mysql.o -std=c99
  unable to execute 'gcc': Permission denied
  error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for mysqlclient
  Running setup.py clean for mysqlclient
Failed to build mysqlclient
Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
    Running setup.py install for mysqlclient ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: /home/canggihmallmy/virtualenv/django_test/3.7/bin/python3.7_bin -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"','"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-1wxueu88/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/canggihmallmy/virtualenv/django_test/3.7/include/site/python3.7/mysqlclient
         cwd: /tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/
    Complete output (43 lines):
    mysql_config --version
    ['10.0.38']
    mysql_config --libs
    ['-L/usr/lib64', '-lmysqlclient', '-lpthread', '-lz', '-lm', '-ldl', '-lssl', '-lcrypto']
    mysql_config --cflags
    ['-I/usr/include/mysql', '-I/usr/include/mysql/..']
    ext_options:
      library_dirs: ['/usr/lib64']
      libraries: ['mysqlclient', 'pthread', 'm', 'dl']
      extra_compile_args: ['-std=c99']
      extra_link_args: []
      include_dirs: ['/usr/include/mysql', '/usr/include/mysql/..']
      extra_objects: []
      define_macros: [('version_info', "(2,0,3,'final',0)"), ('__version__', '2.0.3')]
    /opt/alt/python37/lib64/python3.7/distutils/dist.py:274: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'long_description_content_type'
      warnings.warn(msg)
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb/_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
    copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
    copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
    copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
    copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
    copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
    copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/constants
    running build_ext
    building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb
    gcc -pthread -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DDYNAMIC_ANNOTATIONS_ENABLED=1 -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -Dversion_info=(2,0,3,'final',0) -D__version__=2.0.3 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/mysql/.. -I/opt/alt/python37/include/python3.7m -c MySQLdb/_mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/MySQLdb/_mysql.o -std=c99
    unable to execute 'gcc': Permission denied
    error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /home/canggihmallmy/virtualenv/django_test/3.7/bin/python3.7_bin -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ct08p_k4/mysqlclient_5cd61bc8b4de40efb5731cfe082b4d65/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-1wxueu88/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/canggihmallmy/virtualenv/django_test/3.7/include/site/python3.7/mysqlclient Check the logs for full command output. ```

I have tried some of the guide from , such as `yum install mysql` and sudo commands but to no avail.

Please help. 

Answer 1

I had the same problem. After days of research I found this solution. I hope this works with your problem too.

Terminal

pip install mysql-connector-python

settings.py

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'NAME': 'DATEBASE_NAME',
        'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django',
        'USER': 'USERNAME',
        'PASSWORD': 'PASSWORD',
        'OPTIONS': {
          'autocommit': True,
        },
    }
}

Terminal

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Answer 2

Even if mysql-connector-python package did not solve any of yours problem, may be solved using the following procedure:

First, uninstall mysqlclient or mysql-connector-python if exists, using:

pip uninstall mysqlclient
pip uninstall mysl-connector-python

Now install PyMySQL:

pip install PyMySQL

After successfully installed, go to settings.py file and first import pymysql and then initialize it as MySQLdb at the top of the settings.py file as follow:

...
import pymysql
...

pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

Now, assuming that you have created a database, created user and the user has the required privileges credentials to connect database, in the same settings.py file:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'your_database_name',
        'USER': 'your_database_username',
        'PASSWORD': 'your_database_access_password',
        'HOST': 'localhost', # for database in the same server
        'PORT': 3306, # default database port
    }
} 

Now, you might be able to connect your project with database. But you must make sure that the database is running and the credentials are correct. Now you can perform database operations like:

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Note, I don't think you no longer need this solutions, but people like me might get helpful.